Scissors



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SGISSORS.

No. 411,892. Patented Oct. 1, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE JOSEPH O. HEBERT, OF GRAND RAPIDS, XVISUONSINL SCISSORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,892, dated October 1, 1889.

Application filed March 18, 1839.

To (all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH O. I-IEBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of \Vood and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Scissors, of which the following is a specification. 4

This invention has relation to scissors, and among the objects in view are to provide a small scissors adapted to beatt-ached to and to be operated by the first and second fingers of the hand, whereby the hand of the perator will be perfectly free to eriornr other work, and yet the scissors being convenient for making cuts, and thus avoiding the necessity of laying down and retaking the scissors.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear; and the invention consists in pivoting two short cuttingblades together at their ends, and in providing them with suitable finger-receiving rings for receiving the index and middle finger of the operator, said scissors being designed to lie intermediate the fingers, and its blades to be opened and closed by the fingers.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a pair of scissors constructed in accordance with my inventioin Fig. 2 is a View of the scissors in position.

Like numerals of referenceindicate like parts in both the figures of the drawings;

1 2 represent a pair of similar scissorsblades, the butt-s of which are pivotally connected near their ends by a pivot 7. The blade 1 is provided at about midway etween the pivot '7and its free or. with a-pei-i'oration 8, in which is loosely mounted a finger-receivingring 3. A similar opening (5 is formed near the inner edge and lower end of the blade 2, in rear of its pivot, and in this opening is Serial No. 303,804. (No model.)

loosely mounted a second fingerreceiving ring 4.

Opposite the openingS in the blade 1 there is formed in the companion blade 3 a corresponding opening E),and in the same is loosely mounted a linger-receiving ring 5. 'lhe rings 4 and 3 are adapted to receive the index or first finger of the hand ol? the o1j)erator, and the remainingand opposite ring 5 is designed to receive the middle or second finger of the hand. By simply opening and closing the first two lingers the blades are operated in the well-known manner.

llaving described my invention, what I claim is l. The COlllbllltiil )ll,Wllll {he opposileblades pivoted near their rear ends, of a finger-receiving ring connected to one oi. the blades intermediate its point of pivot and free ends, and similar rings connected to the opposite blade at each side of its pivot, substantially as specified.

2. The combination,with the pivoted blades, of a loosely-swiveled finger-receiving ring mountedin each blade, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the blade 1, of the blade 2, pivoted to each other, as at '7, the blade 1, having the opening 8 intermediate its point of pivot and free end, and the lingerreceiving ring swiveled therein, and the blade 2, having the opposite perloration !l and swiveled ring 5, and the perforation 6 in rear of its pivot, and the loosely-swh'cled ringi therein, substantially as specified.

JOSEPH 0. IIEBERT. Witnesses:

JOHN A. GAYNOR, A. L. FONTAINE. 

